OIL IN IRELAND Eire's Prime Minister Sean Lemass seen at opening of new oil drilling site in County Meath.
This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA.	Tape Master:	5909
	Catalog #:	112256
	Clip Number:	112256-1
	Orginal Film:	62/67
	Timecode:	01:07:56 - 01:08:35
	Location:	County Meath, Eire, Ireland
	Year Shot:	1962 (Actual Year)
	Audio:	Yes
	Color:	No
	Headings:	CEREMONIES: Grand Opening INDUSTRY/POWER & ENERGY: Oil LOCATIONS/EUROPE: Ireland (Eire)
	Description:	"CO. MEATH - OIL IN IRELAND". County Meath, Eire (Republic of Ireland, Southern Ireland). L/S of the top of a derrick; camera pans down to oil drilling site. Sean Lemass, Prime Minister of Eire, is introduced to various officials at the opening of the site. The parish priest blesses the site. Mrs Kirk Johnson (wife of the Chairman of an associated US company) performs the ceremony of cutting the tape. Mr Lemass stands behind her. The drilling equipment is lowered into the hole in the ground and starts to turn round. L/S of the top of the derrick; camera pans down to show a pipe in the foreground pumping out water.

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